The Arlington Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Gross Catholic Cougars on Tuesday. Arlington has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Arlington is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Wisner-Pilger for the full four quarters, racking up an 88-40 victory. The win was some much needed relief for the Eagles as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Trent Koger
| 01/04/25 @ Wisner-Pilger | 29 |
| 12/07/24 @ Lakeview | 28 |
| 12/14/24 vs Brownell Talbot | 27 |
| 12/09/23 @ Brownell Talbot | 24 |
| 01/16/24 vs Logan View/Scribner-Snyder | 23 |
Arlington can attribute much of their success to Trent Koger, who went 11 for 18 on his way to 29 points in addition to seven boards and four blocks, and Oliver Ladehoff, who went 10 of 14 on his way to 25 points along with eight assists and six boards. The dominant performance gave Koger a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Sharp, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 10 points and three steals.
They weren't the only one working in the assists department: Arlington was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Gross Catholic ended up a good deal behind Bishop Neumann on Friday and lost 59-44. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 53rd).
Gross Catholic dropped their record down to 1-8 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. As for Arlington, their victory ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-5.
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